This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation.

A thorough search of the Copyright Office online catalog shows Amazing Stories, Vol. 28, No. 2, May 1954 was published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company (Copyright Registration Number B00000460794). In 1982, T S R Hobbies, Inc. renewed the copyright for the magazine as proprietor of copyright in a composite work (PCW) with Registration Number RE0000147985. No copyright renewal was made for the story "Small Town" by Philip K. Dick published in this issue and the story entered the public domain on January 1, 1983. This story should not be confused with the non-existent Amazing Stories, May 1955 "Small Town" by Philip K. Dick listed in Copyright Renewal Registration Number RE0000190631 (1983-11-22). The story introduction and illustration were erased from the scan as they are possibly works made for hire and protected by Copyright Renewal Registration Number RE0000147985.

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation.

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